Owner: Eve
During my first few years at this house, I tried to recapture a rural childhood by struggling to find time for gardening in a very decent-sized suburban yard. My weekends were crammed full of tilling soil, watering, weeding, and harvesting burgeoning crops of zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and chard. It was a [...]
Back from alien abduction.
I had this outpatient diagnostic endoscopic procedure done early Thursday afternoon. The procedure itself wasn’t bad. The prep for it was horrible, though. I don’t mind fasting, but I do mind going without water; that wonky feeling of being dehydrated really bothers me.
And being dehydrated makes my veins disappear! [...]
I may be a twin, and I may look an awful lot like my twin, but our personal styles are completely different. What we choose to wear says a lot about our contrasting personalities.
Lil prefers classy attire and is comfortable in high heels and a long skirt. My taste runs to the slightly [...]
It rained off and on all day Saturday, which was a blessing compared to the preceding week of hot, dry, and windy misery. The weather was particularly pleasant on Sunday - low clouds, a hint of a damp breeze, low 70s. Definitely not typical Memorial Day weekend temperatures!
Thanks to the warm rain, my mint plant [...]
Ye quenchless stars! so eloquently bright,
Untroubled sentries of the shadowy night.
–Robert Montgomery, The starry Heavens
IMAGE CREDIT
Lord of the Rings Online screenshot, Sunrise and Northern Lights over Forochel.
1. Blah blah blabbity blah.
2. What is your most guilty pleasure?
I don’t mix pleasure and guilt.
3. Have you ever seen someone die?
Yes.
4. Are you confused as to what lies ahead of you?
Not really. Tomorrow seems inevitable.
5. What was the last book you read for pleasure and would you recommend it?
Star Wars: Allegiance by Timothy Zahn. [...]
Aya reports that her mini camping trip was fun and “the best field trip ever.” Her pillow got lost before she even got there. (How that happened, I have no idea. Didn’t it go up in the same car with her?) She doesn’t have any sunburn or mosquito bites, though. Whew!
She [...]
Lil and I went to go see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Thursday night. Aya was four hours away, and Brian was at home because I was still irritated about something stupid he had said in the morning. I wanted to preview the movie for Aya to see if it [...]
